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DecoBike is Coming to Miami (Pending Commission Approval)

Is DecoBike finally going to cross the causeways from Miami Beach into the City of Miami? Possibly.The City of Miami Commission is slated to vote on a proposal to bring the popular bike sharing program to Miami on January 24.

Ultra 2013: Organizers Willing to Work With City on Downtown Traffic, Security Concerns

Marc Sarnoff still hasn't returned repeated calls to Crossfade about his anti-Ultra Music Festival stance. But considering Tommie Sunshine's push to get EDM fans to call and email him, we're pretty sure he's been busy the last for the last few 24 hours. However, we do finally have a response for U ... More >>

Tommie Sunshine on City of Miami vs. Ultra: "Way to Demonize the Visitors Who Make Money to Cover Your Asses"

Despite Ultra Music Festival's annual $79 million contribution to the local economy, City of Miami commissioner Marc Sarnoff believes the "event will be disruptive to the local business community and area residents due to noise, nuisance behavior of festival goers, and grid lock traffic." After all ... More >>

Top Five Miami Parks For a Memorial Day Barbecue

While the rest of the nation is celebrating just being able to leave the house without mittens and and a scarf on, it will be just another warm, sunny weekend for us here in South Florida. So why not grill a fabulous selection of barbecued meats while taking in a wondrous view? No we don't mean by p ... More >>

Miguel Exposito Walks With Almost a Million Bucks, Six-Figure Pension After Firing

​If ex-police chief Miguel Exposito didn't look all that torn up on Monday when the Miami City Commission sacked him, there's a good reason: Not only can he ignore all of Mayor Tomás Regalado's nonsense from now on, but also he's walking away with some serious money.Exposito will leave the city w ... More >>

Oh Great, Xavier Suarez and the Other Julio Robaina are Running for County Commission

Xavier Suarez​Miami-Dade politics is a complicated beast, and the recall of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez has set off a lot of dominoes. Commissioner Carlos Gimenez's decision to resign from his county commission seat to run for mayor means it's now up for grabs. And guess who's running? Former ... More >>

Families of Seven Men Killed in Police Shootings Speak At Commission Meeting Today

​Willa Mae Reed cries when she remembers the last time she saw her grandson, Tarnorris Tyrell Gaye. "He said he was getting a haircut, and he kissed me goodbye," Reed tells Riptide. "I still got a lot of questions about what happened next."Gaye was shot and killed by Miami police in December -- on ... More >>

Jeffrey Loria: Dirty Dozen 2010

​Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We're releasing the names one by one ahead of next week's issue, which comes with a full-page illustra ... More >>

Downtown's No-Panhandling Zone is SB1070 For Miami's Homeless

Marc Sarnoff, the Miami Heat's handy rubber-stamper.​Last week, the Miami City Commission voted unanimously to expand a controversial "no-panhandling zone" surrounding the American Airlines Arena and the Adrienne Arsht Center. "This isn't a homeless issue," Commissioner Marc Sarnoff told Rip ... More >>

Unions Slam Mayor, Commission Over Proposed Pay and Benefit Cuts

photo by Tim Elfrink This cop wants you to know his biblical thoughts on Tomas Regalado.​They packed City Hall by the dozens this afternoon -- the firefighters in bright yellow, the police in dark blue, the general service workers in civvies. They beat the floor, pounded the windows and wh ... More >>

Man Found Shot to Death in Truck

via CBS4​In today's news roundup: A dead body is found in a truck, a teacher drives while under the influence of booze and Xanax, and those huge LCD billboards in downtown Miami have a long way to go before they're erected.

CBS4 Cameraman Detained After Brawl at City Hall

Not smiling this time: Commissioner Marc Sarnoff called for recess after a brawl in City Hall​A brawl between a CBS4 cameraman and police officers broke out today during a Miami City Commission meeting. Sources at the scene say that the cameraman -- a large man in a red shirt -- was hauled away in ... More >>

Commission Approves Massive Electronic Billboards Downtown, But Are They Legal?

via Miami City Square​After two hours of discussion, the Miami City Commission this afternoon voted 4-1 to grant final approval for two skyscraper-tall digital billboards to be built atop a new parking garage next to the Arsht Center. Only Frank Carollo voted against the plan after express ... More >>

City Commission to Name Spence-Jones Replacement

​The Miami City Commission is expected to name a replacement for embattled commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones's District 5 seat tomorrow, according to the Miami Herald. Spence-Jones was re-elected in November just days before turning herself in on charges of funneling county money to a f ... More >>

Miami Election: Low Turnout Expected, Spence-Jones Chases Last Minute Voters

At noon today, Michelle Spence-Jones was at her Liberty City headquarters furiously calling supporters to come out and vote for her.Again. The message to her troops regarding today's hotly contested Miami City Commission election.was clear: "I just don't want nobody sitting around doing nothing aro ... More >>

Crazy Joe Carollo Hints at State Senate Run

​So Joe Carollo never did make that last-minute, dramatic entrance into the last mayoral race, but one of Miami's most colorful former mayors is apparently gearing up for a return to elected office.According to Naked Politics, he has his eyes on a state Senate seat in District 36. But he'd be runn ... More >>

World leaders should see the Frost Art Museum's latest exhibits

City of Miami Unanimously Passes Domestic Partnership Ordinace

via Made Underground's FlickrToday, the City of Miami Commission took a tiny little step in the right direction towards equality by unanimously passing a Domestic Partnership Ordinance, 5-0. The new policy will only effect City employees by extending health care benefits to their same-sex ... More >>

Bay of Pigs Vet Seeks Miami City Commission Seat

Homophobe Media Whizzes Not Doing So Great

Live Nation Taking Over Bayfront Park

Too Hot to Care

In the summer, perspiration has a way of eating away at the body all day

Souto Steamed Over Suit Support

"Money used to reverse the rezoning is money dedicated to the preservation of Vizcaya"

A Reprieve for the Liberty City Shantytown

Waterfront Access Is for Commies

"Miami residents should take development where we can get it. It’s basically our last chance."

BEST NEW LAW

Sidewalk bicycle ban

Vote for Culture

What exactly does that mean? Today we know it means that two museums will receive hundreds of millions of dollars to build hulking structures in a waterfront park. But on November 2, most people had no clue

Two in the Bush

Purloined pigeons and a rooster identity crisis

BEST BAD NEW LAW

City of Miami Protest Ordinance

BEST NEWS FOR OVERTOWN

Criminal investigations

Personal Best

Mario Artecona

Crime and Water Balloons

Have Miami city commissioners lost their (illegal) marbles?

Furniture Frenzy

Save on style at Luminaire

Pooch Putsch?

If this catfight over a dog park gets any more beastly, it could claw apart city government

Dan Ricker Wants You!

He's Miami's premier citizen advocate. He attends scads of boring meetings so you don't have to. He's on a mission. And he's going broke in the process.

Squeeze Play

When an influential developer wants to cram a size-10 project on a size-4 parcel of waterfront land, who can he turn to for help? The ever-accommodating Miami City Commission, of course.

Best Local Politician

Jorge Mursuli

Riptide

Nat Wilcox on bad behavior; and growing radio verde?

The Roads Less Developed

Residents of this Miami neighborhood don't care how neat the kids' museum will be

If You Indict, They Will Come

What is Miami's greatest natural resource? Corruption, of course! So let's get out there and sell it!

The Teele Deal

Good Fences, Bad Neighbors

Sly Stallone is just a family man who wants some peace and quiet, and he intends to get it

Dollars to Doughnuts . . .

And auto repair, and the occasional nephew. . . An edifying look at Miami City Commission candidates' financial statements

Take the Guardhouse and Run

Sylvester Stallone delivers a $50k soliloquy to the Miami City Commission but doesn't leave the chambers empty-handed

Treasured Isle

This time next year an RV campground will occupy Virginia Key. Say sayonara to one of the city's last patches of green.

Bring Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Homeless

Just keep them out of Coconut Grove

Miami: Stick It in Your Ear

And the winner by a landslide is...

Mr. Bailey's Neighborhood

Miami's northeast side is in trouble, and city housing boss Herbert Bailey has eagerly pitched in to help. Personally. On his own time. With his own money. An investigation is underway.

Sunday in the Park With AT&T

The corporate giant's sponsorship of Bayfront Amphitheater is great A if you're the type that likes a little brand name with your band name

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